#5B1560#5B1560

#5B1560 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.137 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1560
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 96)
HSL	hsl(296, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(296, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 41.30, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 50.02, 325.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.1125 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.137 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6937, 3.6054, 11.4074)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.64

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1560 #1A6015

analogous

#351560 #5B1560 #60153F

triadic

#5B1560 #605B15 #15605B

tetradic

#5B1560 #603515 #1A6015 #153F60

square

#5B1560 #603515 #1A6015 #153F60

split-complementary

#5B1560 #3F6015 #156035

monochromatic

#180519 #2B0A2E #5B1560 #8B2092 #BA2BC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#5B1560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B1560 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1560

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1560	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25385E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.137 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8d',
    500: '#5b1560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1560;
$custom-light: #8c5b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34838,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1560

secondary

#40973A

accent

#E7414C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1560

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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